How to Ping External IP from Java Android

I tried following code, which works for me.

private boolean executeCommand(){
        System.out.println("executeCommand");
        Runtime runtime = Runtime.getRuntime();
        try
        {
            Process  mIpAddrProcess = runtime.exec("/system/bin/ping -c 1 8.8.8.8");
            int mExitValue = mIpAddrProcess.waitFor();
            System.out.println(" mExitValue "+mExitValue);
            if(mExitValue==0){
                return true;
            }else{
                return false;
            }
        }
        catch (InterruptedException ignore)
        {
            ignore.printStackTrace();
            System.out.println(" Exception:"+ignore);
        } 
        catch (IOException e) 
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
            System.out.println(" Exception:"+e);
        }
        return false;
    }

This is a simple ping I use in one of the projects:

public static class Ping {
    public String net = "NO_CONNECTION";
    public String host = "";
    public String ip = "";
    public int dns = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
    public int cnt = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
}

public static Ping ping(URL url, Context ctx) {
    Ping r = new Ping();
    if (isNetworkConnected(ctx)) {
        r.net = getNetworkType(ctx);
        try {
            String hostAddress;
            long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
            hostAddress = InetAddress.getByName(url.getHost()).getHostAddress();
            long dnsResolved = System.currentTimeMillis();
            Socket socket = new Socket(hostAddress, url.getPort());
            socket.close();
            long probeFinish = System.currentTimeMillis();
            r.dns = (int) (dnsResolved - start);
            r.cnt = (int) (probeFinish - dnsResolved);
            r.host = url.getHost();
            r.ip = hostAddress;
        }
        catch (Exception ex) {
            Timber.e("Unable to ping");
        }
    }
    return r;
}

public static boolean isNetworkConnected(Context context) {
    ConnectivityManager cm =
            (ConnectivityManager) context.getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);
    NetworkInfo activeNetwork = cm.getActiveNetworkInfo();
    return activeNetwork != null && activeNetwork.isConnectedOrConnecting();
}

@Nullable
public static String getNetworkType(Context context) {
    ConnectivityManager cm =
            (ConnectivityManager) context.getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);
    NetworkInfo activeNetwork = cm.getActiveNetworkInfo();
    if (activeNetwork != null) {
        return activeNetwork.getTypeName();
    }
    return null;
}

Usage: ping(new URL("https://www.google.com:443/"), this);

Result: {"cnt":100,"dns":109,"host":"www.google.com","ip":"212.188.10.114","net":"WIFI"}

Run the ping utility in Android's command and parse output (assuming you have root permissions)

See the following Java code snippet:

executeCmd("ping -c 1 -w 1 google.com", false);

public static String executeCmd(String cmd, boolean sudo){
    try {

        Process p;
        if(!sudo)
            p= Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd);
        else{
            p= Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[]{"su", "-c", cmd});
        }
        BufferedReader stdInput = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(p.getInputStream()));

        String s;
        String res = "";
        while ((s = stdInput.readLine()) != null) {
            res += s + "\n";
        }
        p.destroy();
        return res;
    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
    return "";

}

In my case ping works from device but not from the emulator. I found this documentation: http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/devices/emulator.html#emulatornetworking

On the topic of "Local Networking Limitations" it says:

"Depending on the environment, the emulator may not be able to support other protocols (such as ICMP, used for "ping") might not be supported. Currently, the emulator does not support IGMP or multicast."

Further information: http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/thread/8657506be6819297

this is a known limitation of the QEMU user-mode network stack. Quoting from the original doc: Note that ping is not supported reliably to the internet as it would require root privileges. It means you can only ping the local router (10.0.2.2).

Ping for the google server or any other server

public boolean isConecctedToInternet() {

    Runtime runtime = Runtime.getRuntime();
    try {
        Process ipProcess = runtime.exec("/system/bin/ping -c 1 8.8.8.8");
        int     exitValue = ipProcess.waitFor();
        return (exitValue == 0);
    } catch (IOException e)          { e.printStackTrace(); }
    catch (InterruptedException e) { e.printStackTrace(); }
    return false;
}